Former President Donald Trump late Wednesday mentioned he would announce subsequent week whether or not he plans to attend the primary GOP presidential major debate on Aug. 23 in Milwaukee.

Mr. Trump mentioned a key drawback, nonetheless, is that he doesn’t wish to signal the Republican National Committee’s loyalty pledge, which says every candidate should help the eventual nominee.

“I wouldn’t sign the pledge,” Mr. Trump informed Newsmax’s Eric Bolling. “Why would I sign a pledge if there are people on there that I wouldn’t have?”

“I can name three or four people that I wouldn’t support for president,” Mr. Trump mentioned. “So right there, there’s a problem right there. There’s a problem.”

Mr. Trump didn't specify which candidates, however he was vital of former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis throughout the interview.

Mr. Trump mentioned his opponents are “not dumb people” however mentioned they don’t stand an opportunity. In current months, Mr. Trump has questioned whether or not he desires to provide them airtime, given his front-runner standing, and predicted Fox News moderators could be biased towards him.

If he decides to debate, Mr. Trump would seemingly be on stage with Mr. Christie, Mr. DeSantis, Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, former Vice President Mike Pence, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum. Each has met the donor and polling necessities.

“I’d like to do it,” Mr. Trump mentioned. “I’ve actually gotten very good marks on debating talents. But you want to be, you know, they want a smart president. They want somebody that’s going to be smart. So we have to do the smart thing.”

Mr. Trump mentioned previous presidents, together with Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon, didn’t trouble with the debates.

“Why would you do that when you’re leading by so much?” Mr. Trump mentioned. “Ronald Reagan didn’t do it. Nixon didn’t do it. Many people didn’t do it.”

Reagan in 1984 and Nixon in 1972 had solely token challengers within the Republican primaries.

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